Author: Hannah Gardner
District: Scituate School District
School: Scituate Middle School
A. Information Works
When you researched the community and district, you were provided tables to help with the task of making sense of the various graphs available on Information Works site. For your school report, you should make sense of the data one your own. Remember that you can email your instructor if you have any difficulties.
To research your school, you should consider the questions about schools that we brainstormed in class and decide on some questions that YOU think should be answered in your description of your school You should research at least four of the indicators on the school report page for your school to gather information that you feel will serve as evidence for your description.
Questions that you would like to find answers for:
What is the school atmosphere like?
Demographics
Teacher/Student Relationships
How healthy are the students that attend?
Drugs / Alcohol
Diet
TV / Internet Usage
How are the academics?
Proficiency Levels
1. Name of Indicator: Demographics
Data:
Scituate Middle School
Grades Taught
6th, 7th, 8th
Number of Students
453
Number of Teachers
50
Caucasian
95%
Asian
2%
Hispanic
2%
African
1%
Male
52%
Female
48%
Lives with...
Both parents
76%
Parent & Step Parent
8%
Mother Only
12%
Father Only
2%
Other Legal Guardian
2%
Summary statement:
2. Name of Indicator: School Environment
Data:
Scituate Middle School
% of students who feel they can talk to a teacher or staff member about personal/family problems most of or all of the time
15%
% of students who feel they can talk to a teacher or staff member about academic issues most of or all of the time
46%
% of students reported not getting along with teachers is a moderate to big hassle
10%
% of students reported being robber one or more times at school
32%
% of students reported being teased/bothered by other students is a moderate to big hassle
12%
% of students reported someone tried to sell them drugs one or more times at school
13%
Not a problem or mild problem
Moderate problem
Serious or very serious problem
Follows directions
89%
7%
4%
Gives best effort
77%
11%
12%
Works well with other students
90%
6%
4%
Disruptive in class
93%
3%
4%
Overly aggressive to peers
98%
1%
1%
Defiant, obstinate, stubborn
93%
4%
3%
Anxious, worried
93%
2%
5%
Nervous, frightened, tense
93%
3%
4%
Unhappy, depressed, sad
95%
1%
4%
Underachieving
82%
7%
11%
Summary statement:
3. Name of Indicator: Health and Well-Being
Data:
Students who…
Scituate Middle School
Smoked within the past 30 days
8%
Used chewing tobacco within the last 30 days
5%
Used illegal drugs within the past 30 days
7%
Drank alcohol at least once within the past 30 days
14%
Have problems with one of the following: acne, overweight, underweight, too tall, too short
35%
Did not eat vegetables or fruit within the last day
13%
Get 7 hours of sleep or less
36%
On an average school day watch TV at least 2 hours or more
47%
During the past week ate breakfast 2 days or fewer
33%
On an average school day instant message, check email, or visit chat rooms at least 2 hours a day
25%
Participate…
6th grade
7th grade
8th grade
After school or weekend intramural or interscholastic sports through school
48%
43%
46%
Volunteer activity in your community through school
9%
3%
10%
Youth sports or recreation programs in the community
57&
53%
51%
Academic, career, or cultural enrichment activities through your school
36%
37%
29%
Summary statement:
4. Name of Indicator: Education Indicators
Data:
Assessment
Proficient with distinction
Proficient
Partially proficient
Substantially below proficient
6th grade reading
21%
60%
17%
2%
6th grade math
18%
53%
18%
11%
7th grade reading
34%
53%
9%
5%
7th grade math
19%
53%
21%
7%
8th grade reading
25%
62%
10%
2%
8th grade math
19%
48%
23%
10%
8th grade writing
15%
57%
23%
6%
On average, how much time do you spend each day reading?
6th grade
7th grade
8th grade
None
9%
4%
4%
10 minutes or less
9%
13%
14%
11 – 30 minutes
52%
38%
32%
31 – 60 minutes
22%
29%
28%
More than an hour
9%
16%
22%
Summary statement:
B. SALT Reports
In addition to survey data reported in Information Works, the SALT Surveys and the SALT visit report provides an "on the ground" description of what a group of visiting evaluators found while visiting the school for several days. After learning more about the SALT cycle from the link above, review the most recent report for your school and summarize what you find:
Data of last SALT visit:
November 19, 2004
Notes from Report:
Finding on student learning:
Students know what is expected of them and are interested in learning
Students practice their skills and develop their learning in all their classes
Students set goals and work hard to meet them
Students understand the processes of reading, writing, and problem solving
Some students are reluctant to challenge themselves or to struggle with challenging work
Findings on teaching for learning:
Clear expectations and consistent routines
Teacher excellence in the teaching of writing
Caring and dedicated staff who work collaboratively
Stong sense of community and a culture for learning
Problem solving throughout the school
Recommendations:
Focus more on teaching writing conventions
Find more time for reading instruction, specifically in the area of analysis and interpretation
Develop the capacity of all teachers to teach problem solving effectively to all students
Participate in further training to challenge and meet the needs of all students
Continue to encourage students to read independently
Continue to support struggling readers with explicity reading instruction
Continue to provide students with clear expectation and goal setting
Summary:
Commendations:
The open lines of communication
Extensive professional development
Effective use of common planning time
Rich, school-wide culture of learning
Commited faculty, staff, and administrators
Recommendations:
Continue to advocate for a new middle school facility
Continue to advocate for a felxible schedule that supports middle school best practices
Provide additional professional development for differentiated instruction
Provide additional time for common planning time
Work with the content leaders to help them navigate the budget process
Continue to support the strong culture for learning and teaching
Continue efforts to strengthen family involvement and communication
School Research: Scituate Middle School
Author: Hannah Gardner
District: Scituate School District
School: Scituate Middle School
A. Information Works
When you researched the community and district, you were provided tables to help with the task of making sense of the various graphs available on Information Works site. For your school report, you should make sense of the data one your own. Remember that you can email your instructor if you have any difficulties.To research your school, you should consider the questions about schools that we brainstormed in class and decide on some questions that YOU think should be answered in your description of your school You should research at least four of the indicators on the school report page for your school to gather information that you feel will serve as evidence for your description.
Questions that you would like to find answers for:
1. Name of Indicator: Demographics
Data:
Summary statement:
2. Name of Indicator: School Environment
Data:
Summary statement:
3. Name of Indicator: Health and Well-Being
Data:
Summary statement:
4. Name of Indicator: Education Indicators
Data:
Summary statement:
B. SALT Reports
In addition to survey data reported in Information Works, the SALT Surveys and the SALT visit report provides an "on the ground" description of what a group of visiting evaluators found while visiting the school for several days. After learning more about the SALT cycle from the link above, review the most recent report for your school and summarize what you find:Data of last SALT visit:
November 19, 2004
Notes from Report:
- Finding on student learning:
- Students know what is expected of them and are interested in learning
- Students practice their skills and develop their learning in all their classes
- Students set goals and work hard to meet them
- Students understand the processes of reading, writing, and problem solving
- Some students are reluctant to challenge themselves or to struggle with challenging work
- Findings on teaching for learning:
- Clear expectations and consistent routines
- Teacher excellence in the teaching of writing
- Caring and dedicated staff who work collaboratively
- Stong sense of community and a culture for learning
- Problem solving throughout the school
- Recommendations:
- Focus more on teaching writing conventions
- Find more time for reading instruction, specifically in the area of analysis and interpretation
- Develop the capacity of all teachers to teach problem solving effectively to all students
- Participate in further training to challenge and meet the needs of all students
- Continue to encourage students to read independently
- Continue to support struggling readers with explicity reading instruction
- Continue to provide students with clear expectation and goal setting
- Summary:
- Commendations:
- The open lines of communication
- Extensive professional development
- Effective use of common planning time
- Rich, school-wide culture of learning
- Commited faculty, staff, and administrators
- Recommendations:
- Continue to advocate for a new middle school facility
- Continue to advocate for a felxible schedule that supports middle school best practices
- Provide additional professional development for differentiated instruction
- Provide additional time for common planning time
- Work with the content leaders to help them navigate the budget process
- Continue to support the strong culture for learning and teaching
- Continue efforts to strengthen family involvement and communication
Summary statement: